1/A friend handed me a glass at his kitchen bench, no label in sight, and asked me to guess. I couldn't place it against anything else I'd poured that night. That's Oban 14: it stands a little apart from the bottles sitting near it, and tastes like almost none of them.
2/Pour it slow and the nose comes up floral and honeyed, toffee and cereal, a wisp of smoke, a breath of the sea. The palate is rich and busy: citrus, more cereal, seaweed, peat, oak. The finish runs long, toffee and new leather, spice that won't quit.
3/Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest Oban 14 what it's worth to them, each starting from what they pay for their own, and the answers run from $80 to $130. At $165 it sits above all of them. It's priced for its fans.
4/This week at Dan Murphy's it's $165. That works out to about 24 pours in the bottle, close to $6.95 a nip — what a glass costs you at your own bench. Set beside the bottles near it, it sits higher, and makes no secret of it.
| slot | 08-13 | 08-20 | 08-27 | 09-03 | 09-10 | 09-17 | 09-24 | 10-01 | 10-08 | 10-15 | 10-22 | 10-29 | 11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list / member | 164.99 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 observed | 164.99 observed | 164.99 observed | 164.99 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 m 135.00 observed | 164.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 164.99 | 164.99 | 0.00 | 164.99 | 164.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 164.99 | 100 |
| member | 148.84 | 135.00 | 15.56 | 135.00 | 164.99 | 29.99 | 10.5% | 4.32 | 164.99 | 100 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 164.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 165.0 – 165.0 |
What are you paying for in a bottle of Laphroaig 10? Price its name, age, style and strength the way the rest of the whisky at Dan Murphy's is priced, and you land near $121. This week it's $97 for members, about 20% under that going rate.
310 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: Grant's Triple Wood 1 litre at $1.99 a standard drink; the median is $4.16; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 235 of the 310 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
305 bottles at Dan Murphy's can be priced per standard drink this week. Cheapest first: McAllister 1 litre at $2.00 a standard drink; the median is $4.03; Dalmore 21 Malt is the highest at $42.68. 228 of the 305 come in under a pint at the pub, which works out at $6.28 a standard drink.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenmorangie Original 12 Year Old | $74.00 | $131.96 | -57.96 |
| 2 | Deanston 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $111.99 | $128.67 | -16.68 |
| 3 | Glengoyne 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $93.00 | $123.65 | -30.65 |
| 4 | Glengoyne 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $98.99 | $119.64 | -20.65 |
| 5 | Glenmorangie The Quinta Ruban 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | $146.99 | $118.63 | +28.36 |
| 6 | Fettercairn 18YO Single Malt 700ml | $357.99 | $117.78 | +240.21 |
| 7 | Aberfeldy 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $103.99 | $116.75 | -12.76 |
| 8 | Glencadam 15YO Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $150.00 | $115.77 | +34.23 |
| 9 | Clynelish 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $109.00 | $113.66 | -4.66 |
| 10 | Tomatin 12YO Single Malt Whisky 700mL | $97.99 | $112.31 | -14.32 |